The Beast

Lo­cated off the bustling Bugis area, The Beast South­ern Kitchen + Bour­bon Bar serves good old South­ern clas­sics in hearty por­tions. Much like the food it serves, its decor is warmly com­fort­ing—think rus­tic wooden bar­rels, well­worn coun­ter­tops and bar stools, and a cosy al fresco area per­fect for a ca­sual night out with friends over good food and drinks.

To start, try the freshly baked corn­bread with a dash of house-made cran­berry sauce for the table, and the smoked to­mato soup with pi­mento grilled cheese sand­wiches. Be sure to or­der the black­ened pork col­lar with roasted yukon po­ta­toes, ba­con, thyme and gar­lic cream. The grilled bonein sword­fish col­lar on a bed of sweet potato mash and salsa, then driz­zled with house-made lemon but­ter sauce is also worth an or­der.

Of course, no visit to the South would be com­plete without the iconic South­ern fried chicken with slaw and gravy. The ver­sion here is pretty good.